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As President Donald Trump prepares for his high-stakes state visit to Beijing, the South China Morning Post argues that the U.S. administration is facing a stark reality: its semiconductor export controls have largely failed to halt China’s artificial intelligence ambitions. The summit presents a critical juncture for U.S.
The sudden debut of Anthropic’s powerful new Mythos model has sent shockwaves through both Washington and Beijing, prompting quiet discussions this week to explore reviving an emergency artificial intelligence communication channel ahead of President Donald Trump’s state visit to China.
Despite stringent US export controls and strict domestic regulations, Chinese developers are finding creative ways to access the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence models.
As the deployment of autonomous AI agents accelerates across China’s digital economy, the country’s top internet regulator has stepped in to establish clear boundaries. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has published draft regulations specifically targeting agentic AI, with a core mandate: humans must remain in the loop.
A new generation of AI-powered cybersecurity tools is reshaping the threat landscape, and China is scrambling to keep pace.
A Summit with High Stakes for AI Policy With President Trump preparing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, two of Washington’s most prominent think tanks have published analyses of what the United States should, and should not, do on artificial intelligence at the summit.
Hangzhou has become the first city in China to introduce dedicated legislation for the embodied AI robotics industry.
China’s AI Ambitions and the Rising Inequality Conundrum China wants artificial intelligence to become a new engine of growth, powering everything from factory upgrades to scientific discovery.
China’s AI boom is consuming electricity at a pace that is beginning to strain the country’s power grid and carbon targets. Electricity consumption by internet data services and computing facilities rose 44 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 22.9 billion kilowatt-hours, according to the China Electricity Council.
On May 9, 2026, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced the launch of a pioneering pilot program for AI ethics review and services.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world now maintain ongoing relationships with AI companions, systems designed not to answer queries or complete tasks, but to listen, remember, and respond with something that feels like empathy.
China has officially published national guidelines for the development and regulation of artificial intelligence agents, marking a significant escalation in its governance of autonomous digital systems.
In a landmark ruling that could reshape the regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence in China, the Guangzhou Internet Court has ordered an AI agent to halt operations after finding it guilty of unfair competition.
While the United States and Europe are focused on domestic regulation and high-end model performance, China is quietly executing a strategy that could allow it to dictate the global standards for artificial intelligence (AI).
In a move that underscores the growing regulatory chill in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) sector, MiroMind, the AI venture backed by tech billionaire Chen Tianqiao, has abruptly suspended its services within the country.
For years, the prevailing narrative in the global artificial intelligence race has been one of American dominance, with China playing the role of a fast follower.
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has unveiled a draft action plan to significantly raise the quality standards for light industry products, with a particular focus on emerging categories such as intelligent service robots. As reported by the People’s Daily and Global Times, the draft is currently open for public consultation.
Washington and Beijing are reportedly weighing launching official discussions on artificial intelligence (AI), a move that could place the critical technology on the agenda for the upcoming summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
China’s internet regulators have significantly tightened rules governing online content creators, especially those operating in sensitive and highly regulated fields such as finance, medicine, law, and education.
In a significant legal development that could reshape the discourse on AI and employment rights worldwide, a Hangzhou court in China ruled last week that it is illegal for a company to demote and then dismiss a senior tech worker solely to replace them with AI technology (see EastFrontier’s in-depth report on this).
